{"id":505,"date":"2025-02-26T22:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/02\/26\/they-are-gross-exploitative\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:27:53","slug":"they-are-gross-exploitative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/02\/26\/they-are-gross-exploitative\/","title":{"rendered":"They Are &#8220;Gross&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Exploitative&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-video-placeholder-1\" class=\"ezoic-videopicker-video\"\/>The legendary MC tore into the music industry\u2019s streaming model, comparing its greed to Scrooge McDuck.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"allhiphop-subscribe2\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\n<form target=\"_blank\" action=\"https:\/\/read.letterhead.email\/all-hip-hop\/subscribe\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"form__group\" bis_skin_checked=\"1\" style=\"padding:30px;background:#f5f5f5\"><label for=\"email\" class=\"form__label form__label--required\"><strong>AllHipHop.com<\/strong><\/label><\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now!<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"email\" maxlength=\"\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"form__input\"\/><br \/>\n<button class=\"form__group__field__submit-button items-center button button--secondary\" style=\"color:#fff;background-color:#c50000;font-family:Cantarell,helvetica neue,sans-serif;border:0 solid #2962ff;border-radius:3px;padding:3px 23px\"> Subscribe<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Yasiin Bey\u2014formerly known as Mos Def\u2014unleashed sharp criticism on the modern music industry, likening its greed to the cartoon tycoon Scrooge McDuck.<\/p>\n<p>In a no-holds-barred interview with <em>The Guardian<\/em>, Bey revealed his early disillusionment with the business, saying it drained his enthusiasm for making music long ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so disillusioned,\u201d Bey said. \u201cYou start out with idealism and passion, and then you encounter the kind of conduct and values George Orwell called \u2018inanities.\u2019 And they do this s**t to everybody, it\u2019s not even personal, it\u2019s systemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t stop there. Bey blasted streaming services, calling their business model \u201cgross\u201d and \u201cexploitative\u201d for paying artists fractions of a cent per song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat s### is gross, paying people part of a penny for their music,\u201d he said, slamming current industry practices. \u201cThose motherfuckkers are cold-blooded, man, like Scrooge McDuck, lickin\u2019 his lips as he jumps into a pool of gold coins\u2026 The music industry of now makes the one I started out in seem charitable. It\u2019s completely exploitative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><d class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mos Def - Umi Says\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vntLKOd9saI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/d><\/p>\n<p>Bey has long been outspoken about the economics of the music business, and his views align with many artists who feel streaming platforms profit off their work while giving little in return. While record labels and streaming giants defend their revenue-sharing models, artists continue pushing back, demanding fairer compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his frustrations, Bey expressed gratitude for the opportunity to keep creating. His latest project,<em> Forensics,<\/em> is expected later this year, and he remains focused on the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just happy to be alive, to be able to create art and beauty, to the best of my ability,\u201d he said. \u201cLike, to be a human being is a miracle. We\u2019re on this spaceship, planet Earth, sharing this experience, and it\u2019s crazy. Like, who needs peyote? 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